Climate and Society: Climate as Resource, Climate as Risk

Climate and Society: Climate as Resource, Climate as Risk
ISBN-10
9814280534
ISBN-13
9789814280532
Category
Science
Pages
141
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated
Authors
Nico Stehr, Hans von Storch

Description

1. Overview -- 2. A historical overview of thinking about climate -- 3. Climate as limiting condition and resource. 3.1. Climate as an environmental experience. 3.2. Climate as a scientific system. 3.3. Climate as a social construct. 3.4. Society and humans as a climate construct -- 4. Climate as risk and hazard. 4.1. The history of ideas about climate change. 4.2. Natural climate variability. 4.3. Excursus : who owns the weather in 2025? 4.4. Anthropogenic climate change. 4.5. Climate change as a social construct. 4.6. The history of anthropogenic climate catastrophes. 4.7. The influence of climate changes on society -- 5. Zeppelin manifesto on climate protection -- 6. Summary and prospects

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